Name: 21 - 10 - Rose - Holiday For Strings by Tensivity
Duration: 3 min 13 s
Description: Recorded in Notion and Studio One featuring VSL Synchronized Dimension Strings, along with Aaron Venture Winds and Brass.

Inspired by the poem "Becalmed" by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

Becalmed upon the sea of Thought,
Still unattained the land it sought,
My mind, with loosely-hanging sails,
Lies waiting the auspicious gales. 

On either side, behind, before,
The ocean stretches like a floor,--
A level floor of amethyst,
Crowned by a golden dome of mist. 

Blow, breath of inspiration, blow!
Shake and uplift this golden glow!
And fill the canvas of the mind
With wafts of thy celestial wind. 

Blow, breath of song! until I feel
The straining sail, the lifting keel,
The life of the awakening sea,
Its motion and its mystery!

Becalmed

Recorded in Notion and Studio One featuring VSL Synchronized Dimension Strings, along with Aaron Venture Winds and Brass.

21 - 10 - Rose - Holiday For Strings

North Shore

Hommage a Kehinde Wiley (b. 1977) - I'll never forget the first time I saw Wiley's work - giant paintings of modern day African Americans in this Imperialistic European style.  The message was incredibly thought provoking and it was stark - it stared you in the face, not giving you the slightest chance to misinterpret.  And the skill - the skill that went into these huge canvasses was just mind blowing.  Several years later, Wiley was commissioned by Interscope Records to paint a new cover for a remastered version of Dr. Dre's "2001" album.  He painted Dre in this same context, decked out in golden medieval armor.  This hommage is full of Easter eggs - from West Coast rap, especially Dr. Dre, Domenico Scarlatti, J.S. Bach and Handel, and even Beethoven.

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Hommage a Kehinde Wiley (after his painting "Dre") - Digital DEMO

Had a perfect day today. So perfect, I did not want it to end. 
I stayed up until 3am, playing this improvised jazz piano piece. I hope you enjoy listening to it nearly so much as I enjoyed expressing how a perfect day sounds to me.

Perfect Day - improvised jazz piano

The Day the Sun Went Away

Sonatas Op.2 No.29 - 1st movement

Alicja Maciejko
11.02.2018

image: Alicja Maciejko

na zawsze w zachwycie

Forever in Awe

A composition I was inspired to write by watching this lovely character Violet in children's books by Stephanie Stickel....
A link to the video is here...

https://youtu.be/-CD7k1B0vyk

Les Aventures de Violet

Remastered by Houman (https://soundcloud.com/houmans)

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Ghostly Dance

A bittersweet reverie
Happy Birthday, Molly <3

https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/for-molly-digital-sheet-music/22554366

For Molly

I waded into virtual orchestration about 2013, with the intent of composing.  I started programming recordings of other's compositions and have been loving it.  I'm committed to perfecting my craft and I enjoy especially recording music by late nineteenth and early twentieth century English composers.  Something about the music of that time and place speaks to me...  

I also arrange and record strings in collaboration with other artists and songwriters.  Always fun!

21 - 10 - Rose - Holiday For Strings

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